Penny Mordaunt

English sprinter Jonnie Peacock is edited out of promotional content, along with footage of Oscar Pistorius, following complaint.

On Sunday morning, Mordaunt, the MP for Portsmouth North, posted the video on her Twitter account with the caption “Our leadership has to change. TV presenter Sue Perkins was among those who had tweeted in response to the athlete, saying: “Can’t believe you weren’t even asked for your consent. Paralympic athlete Jonnie Peacock is among several public figures who have asked to be removed from the promotional video released by Conservative MP Penny Mordaunt as she launched her party leadership bid.

A British Paralympic gold medalist asked to be cut from Penny Mordaunt's Tory leadership campaign video - which also showed convicted murderer Oscar ...

"The long way out of this, the better way, is to turbo growth. Ms Mordaunt concluded the clip by saying: “Our leadership has to change. And she’s not pleased the transphobes who just recall what she’s said before. “She’s not pleased anyone who wants to hear about actual issues. You can't mitigate everything. “I am biologically a woman,” she wrote. I will continue to protect them. I would NEVER do anything to undermine them. It needs to become a little less about the leader and a lot more about the ship.” Tom Tugendhat, asked if he believed trans women are women, and trans men and men, said the question showed why the debate had to “move on” from a “sledgehammer” approach. While serving as equalities minister in 2018, Ms Mordaunt said “trans women are women and trans men are men” and pledged to do more so that “LGBT people can thrive in the UK”. The international trade secretary entered the Tory leadership race on Sunday with the video, saying the position “needs to become a little less about the leader and a lot more about the ship”.

Ms Mordaunt's campaign video was edited to remove clips including athlete Jonnie Peacock, cricketer Jonny Bairstow and the Welsh football team.

A clip of soldiers wearing a uniform not associated with the British armed forces also featured in the original video but was replaced with some footage of Westminster. Cricketer Jonny Bairstow could be seen in the original video but was replaced by the Angel Of The North sculpture in the follow-up. Our leadership has to change.

Conservative leadership candidates have come out swinging with pledges to slash taxes and overhaul post-Brexit trade arrangements, as a new contender joined ...

Tory leadership candidates have come out swinging with pledges to slash taxes and plough on with controversial Brexit plans as a new contender joined the ...

The reality is this economy needs not only lower taxes for growth, but it also needs sound money, and that is why we need to deliver both.” In addition, he said he wants to “freeze” the proposed increase in corporation tax, pledging: “That is a tax which will not go up.” But Mr Hunt said he would not reverse the tax rise because “the NHS needs the money” from the health and social care levy. The EU claims the legislation would breach international law but Mr Tugendhat said he would be prepared to argue for it, telling Sky’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme: “I have fought for my country in combat, I have fought for my country in Parliament, and I will keep fighting for my country.” However, he said he hoped with Mr Johnson out of No 10 the “mood music” of Britain’s relations with the EU might change, and “we could legally negotiate some proper changes to the protocol.” The contenders’ timescales for the change are different, with Mr Hunt planning to cut the tax to 15p in his first autumn Budget, while Mr Javid would set a “glide path.”